Joys of being a working mum

OK first off don't get me wrong.. I actually hate leaving my little girl (in the capable hands of her daddy) everyday to go to work. I work for a great company who are so accomodating and let me finish early afternoon so I can spend time with my daughter and I'm really good at my job but who wants paid employment when you could be doing the best and most important job in the world - raising a little person.

So I need to remind myself what's great about being a working mum - feel free to add.

1) Money
2) Michaela's so excited to see me at the end of the day
3) Once a week wines & lunch with my girlfriends
4) I get to read a book or magazine in peace on my way to work and on my lunch breaks
5) Undisturbed opportunity to trawl the Oh Baby forum.
6) Grown up conversations
7) Michaela's daddy gets a once in a lifetime opportunity to be a superdad (seriously once in a lifetime, there's no way I'm coming back to work after the next one's born - not for a while anyway and definitely not full time)

Intellectual stimulation

12) Going to the toilet without being disrupted!

14) Occassionally get to fly to Auckland for one day trips at no cost to myself and never have to stay overnight because I have a little one to get home to.


Edited by The_Stuarts

Ha ha, so true fleury!

& if one of my colleagues throws a tanty (few and far between but does happen) I can tell them to pull their head in.

20) My husband (superdad) rapidly learning what it's like to be a fulltime caregiver and now appreciating why some days I was still in my pjs when he got home from work and the house looked the same as when he'd left.

Ha ha - there's nothing like being thrown in the deep end!!

Edited by The_Stuarts

23) Having a life, and retaining my own identity as well as being a mum.

I LOVE being a working mum, I begged to come back from maternity leave early, and am considering only taking a month or so this time (altho I suspect the boss will put her foot down about that!), I love that I can work at a job that I enjoy, and that challenges and stimulates me, as well as spending time playing with my kids and doing 'mummy' things.

Well i'm not a working mum but a studying mum and I have to say yep to all of the above and

24. Being able to listen to something that isn't The Wiggles, Thomas, Barney etc.

hehe I like that one!! I'm just looking forward to using my brain again and won't be able to use 'baby brain' as an excuse anymore for lapses in concentration!! lol

yep that's a big one too. although it can be the cause of a bit of stress as well